Choral services
Sung prayer has been offered in Westminster Abbey nearly every day for over a thousand years. Today, services are sung daily during term time by the world-renowned Choir of Westminster Abbey, and by visiting choirs when the Abbey Choir is in recess.
The music sung ranges from Gregorian chant dating from the first millennium to contemporary music and encompasses the remarkable richness and variety of the Anglican choral tradition.
This week's choral services
| Sunday, 17th May 2026 | |||||
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| Seventh Sunday of Easter - Sunday after Ascension Day | |||||
| 10.00am | Matins | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Smith Responses |
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| 11.15am | Sung Eucharist | High Altar | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey; attended by The King's Scholars of Westminster School | Dove Missa brevis Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| 3.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Byrd Psallite Domino Preacher: The Reverend Dr James Hawkey Canon in Residence |
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| 6.00pm | Sung Eucharist | St Margaret's Church | |||
| sung by the St Margaret's Choristers | Leighton An Easter Sequence Preacher: The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle KCVO MBE Dean of Westminster |
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| Monday, 18th May 2026 | |||||
| Letters Patent creating the Order of the Bath, 1725 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choristers of Westminster Abbey | plainsong Ad coenam Agni providi |
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| Tuesday, 19th May 2026 | |||||
| St Dunstan, founder of Westminster Abbey, Archbishop of Canterbury, 988 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Weelkes All people, clap your hands |
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| Thursday, 21st May 2026 | |||||
| Charter Day, 1560 | |||||
| 5.00pm | Evensong | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Weelkes All people, clap your hands |
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| Saturday, 23rd May 2026 | |||||
| 5.00pm | First Evensong of the Day of Pentecost | Quire | |||
| sung by the Choir of Westminster Abbey | Palestrina Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes |
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